wsm
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Post by wsm on Feb 28, 2006 21:26:00 GMT
villain of the season in my book. i quite dislike cambridge city but i would not wish what this man has done to their club on anyone. i'm so glad i told him to take his foot of a chair at our place silly sod thought i was joking until i said it again. grade A c*nt  |
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Post by medibot on Feb 28, 2006 21:33:55 GMT
can of worms opening up here... Though i agree, it has been discrageful  |
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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 1, 2006 14:51:37 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]DON'T START ME OFF![/glow] I've deliberately avoided mentioning him in this part of the forum! I disapprove of him so much that I wrote to him personally, and he read it but didn't have the balls to reply. Then when we played Cambridge at our place I had a word with him and asked -rather more politely than I was comfortable with- for the answers to several questions I had about the way he's been "running" the club. Not only did he evade all my questions without actually saying he wasn't going to answer them, but he also had the cheek to call me not only by my first name, but by a familiar form of that name that I don't actually allow many people to use. Which, as you may gather, I did not appreciate. The net result was that I got really pissed off at him, but didn't receive any answers. Having said that though, I think he knows who my boyfriend is, which doesn't halp  |
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Post by frankiegth on Mar 1, 2006 18:29:50 GMT
It's a shame when any club goes to the wall/folds call it what you will and I feel sorry for the Cambridge city supporters.
I'm not very well up on the situation so forgive my ignorance but, is the position CCFC find themselves in down solely to the chairman or is he a figurehead on a board of directors who would surely all be equally culpable?
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wsm
In the tea-bar queue
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Post by wsm on Mar 1, 2006 19:02:25 GMT
i think they had problems with the previous regime but eastham the knight in shining armour came along and realy shafted them. that's about as much as i know
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Post by DJhinckley on Mar 3, 2006 18:13:04 GMT
you mean that Eashham guy that's kept them afloat for the last few seasons with his own money, keeping the playing budget at approx £200000 on gates of 400 for that last few years, plugging the hole the debt was making bigger and bigger, and has now run out of time and funds with nobody coming in to help him out, and is now left with little options to save the club and keep his own family livelyhood? or is it another Eastham guy you're on about... it's all very easy when it's somebody elses money you're playing with. The man has single handedly kept them afloat for the last few seasons and has now run out of time, options, and patience. I don't see why anybody should be expected to bail out a footy club until they too are as bankrupt as the club. Do you really think he's made the decision he has without thinking long and hard over the repurcussions for all involved. I don't agree with his final decision, but he should not be ashamed of anything he has done. the only grade A c*nts, are the people that judge him based on the fact that they disagree with the decision he has made. I sincerely hope that none of you are ever put in a position to have to make the same decision as he has had to. WSM has called him in his first post and then in his second post admitted to not really knowing what has gone on, i mean, how c*ntish is that. if you're going to call someone a c*nt at least bother to find out why you are doing it...  |
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samd
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Post by samd on Mar 3, 2006 19:33:00 GMT
It's all down to what is known.
You have two options:
a) see Eastham as the person who has killed off CCFC
b) view him as the poor individual who has to do what has been coming for a while
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Post by medibot on Mar 4, 2006 14:18:09 GMT
I think, when all the arguements and whatever have been done, most people agree that the problem was, nobody was told of the impending disaster, if they had been, as you can now see, City fans would have done everything in their power to save the club then, rather than now, when it is probably too late.
There's also the contentious matter that Eastham is mates with the man buying the ground who is also the first team sponsor. It looks suspicious, it might not be, but if your clubs going down the pan and something looks a bit fishy, you're going to believe it.
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Post by alanpartridge on Mar 6, 2006 9:20:15 GMT
If you take over at a club with debts spiralling out of control you do not increase the players wage bill and go on huge spending binges. Yes City have enjoyed the past two seasons of stability and brilliant performances on the pitch but we would do anything not to lose our club.
Eastham went for boom or bust then thought the fans would just roll over and die.
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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 7, 2006 16:04:43 GMT
And you don't drop the prices in the bar when you're playing Sutton! STUPID! |
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